Limnoria tripunctata
crustacean
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Limnoria tripunctata is a species of marine crustacean belonging to the genus Limnoria, commonly known as gribbles. These small, wood-boring isopods are found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Gribbles feed on algae and submerged wood, and notably, L. tripunctata can even bore into wood treated with creosote, a chemical that deters most other wood-boring invertebrates. They are about 5 mm in length and have a segmented gray body. The genus Limnoria is the type genus for the family Limnoriidae.123
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